I need help wit mi algebra homework 21x+6=17x-26?

Question

u need to show me how u got tha answer to get tha 10 points

Answer 1

I'm not doing this for points, okeys?

Just trying to help out.

21x + 6 = 17x - 26

First, you want to get all of the "x" on one side, right?

So you bring [17x] to the right side.

Now, [17x] is a positive number, so what happens when you take it to the other side?  It becomes a negative number! :P

So that would mean: 21x - 17x + 6 = -26

If you do the subtraction, it would end up being: 4x + 6 = -26

Now, you want to get rid of the [6] on the left side of the equal sign, so what do you do?

You subtract [6] from both sides! :P

4x + 6 - 6 = -26 - 6

You know how to do negative addition/subtraction, right?

4x = -32

Then, you're looking for the value of [x], not [4x], so you have to divide it by 4!

That would be x = (-32)/4

x = -8

The thing is to understand what you're doing :) It doesn't matter if you get the answer wrong; what matters is that you understand.

Answer 2

21x+6=17x-26

21x - 17x + 6 = -26

4x + 6 = -26

4x = -26 - 6

4x = -32

x = -8 = Final Answer

Answer 3

I need help wit mi algebra homework 21x+6=17x-26?

21x-17x= -6-26

4x=-32

x=-8

Hope it helps.

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